Collar-button



J. W. BARGER.

COLLAR BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6. 1919.

1,315,902. F l Patented Sept. 9,1919.

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JOHN W. BARGER, 0F DANVILLE, ILLINOIS.

COLLAR-BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 9', 1919.

Application filed June 6, 1919. Serial No. 302,290.

1 b all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN WV. BARGER, a citizen of the United States anda resident of Danville, in the county oi Vermilion and State ofIllinois, have made certain new and useful Improven'ients inCollar-Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improvement in collar buttons, and has for itsobject to provide a construction to facilitate the insertion of the headof the button in the button-hole of a collar, and of a neck band. Indoing this I form the head in a circular disk-like shape, broughtapproximately to an edge at its periphery, thus relieving the necessityof spreading the hole to any considerable extent when inserting thebutton, and also reducing the thickness of the head of the collar-buttonto such'an extent as to greatly reduce the friction in slipping theneck-tie along the button head.

The invention consists in certain novel constructions, as will behereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawing Figure 1 is an end View, and,

Fig. 2 is a side view embodying my invention.

This button is shown enlarged many times for purposes of illustration.

The button has a base A, a shank B, and a head C. The base A and. theshank B may be of ordinary construction and they may be produced in anyof the ordinary Ways practised in the making of buttons of this class.

The head C is quite thin and is brought at its periphery practically toa knife edge, and is made very thin, so that its insertion through thebutton-hole of a neck band and through the button-hole or holes in acollar, is rendered very easy, as it does not involve any considerablespreading of the buttonhole in effecting such insertion.

It' will also be noticed that the neck-tie may readily slide across thehead of the button, especially when the latter is used at the back ofthe collar, this resulting from the thin knife-like peripheral edge andthe flat form of the button head, which causes the latter to enterbutton-holes with the greatest ease.

Manifestly, in the use of the invention the shank may be made ofdifferent lengths to accommodate different thicknesses of folds ofcollar and collar bands.

The construction is simple,-easily operated, and effectively serves thepurpose for which it is designed.

The head of the button is circular, and its edge is uniform and thin andknife-like throughout, so that it readily enters the button-hole at anypoint in its periphery.

I claim A collar button having a shank and a head approximately circularin outline and lying in a plane approximately at a right angle to theaxis of the shank with its peripheral edge throughout thin andknife-like, as and for the purposes set forth.

JOHN W. BARGER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe "Commissioner of ratents, Washington, D. G.

